Just for Fun... #91: Details, details...

The Mystery Project continues…After the Handles were attached, more details had to be attended to…It needs to be said now, that one of the suggested and agreed upon features of this Project, is that it should have “Bands” around it… Think, Steamer Trunk, sort of…To that end, the Lid’s curve was transcribed on to the Cherry Slab…

While at the hardware store, and chosen out of thousands, one of their finest “Thickness Describers” was purchased…

The curved sections were then cut out…

And doweled into place…

No effort has been made to try not to “poke through”, and the Mortising Chisel makes short work of shortening the extra doweling…

And after some sanding, the Lid strapping is secure…

Hating to waste wood, I was happy to find that the off-cuts from that procedure would easily be enough for the next step…

First, it’s “Sole” had to be planed on the joiner… but the shape of the piece caused alarm bells, sirens, and red flags to ring, wail, and wave, respectively…

In order to keep littlecope a little less anxious, the two halves of the curved cut-off were rejoined temporarily… And the joining went without event…

And the Piece becomes a Hinge…

And that’s all Folks, so far…I have most of this week off from Work and hope to make more progress…

Hey, how about that off-cut from the hinge cutting? Think Ferrari could do anything with that?Or Lockheed-Martin perhaps? :)

1. The project looks great and is coming along nicely2. I wish I had a shred of your ingenuity. I can’t make a cut or take a step without plans3. I so enjoy the humor in your “telling of the tale”. “One of their finest thickness describers” indeed.

-- On the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop! Lenny, East Providence, RI

Thanks my Friends!Lest anybody think that I just pull these out of thin air, successfully every time…It’s more like yanking and tugging (or wrestling even!) and sometimes the wood wins!

Today the second hinge was cut out, with difficulty…When I went to put the hinge pin through it would not goI tried A,B, and C, no dice…Finally tried D, which was a desperate gamble, do or die…It killed me, I got splits in it…

A trip was made to the Hardwareand a Glue Fix was attempted…

This is not going to fly, and will have to be re-made…I thought that I was sunk and really was not sure how to recreate it…

But tonight the scrap that I used to mark for the hinge pivot holes was located…